These
structures can be highly efficient and cover very big spans with
minimum ground loading. They will resist wind, snow and earthquakes.
Hagia Sofia and the Sulevian Marquee (which REIDsteel did not build,
and which are not steel framed, but do now have a lot of tensile steel
reinforcement) are marvelous endorsements of the dome principle.

They
can be used as conference centres, parliaments, majlis, sports halls
and so on.